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jovannig
jovannig
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November 10, 2018
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Stabilize multiple clips sequentially on the timeline

  • November 10, 2018
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I have 20 4k clips on the timeline, I made corrections to them and at the end, I want to apply "Warp Stabilizer".

If I do it at the same time for all the clips my iMac is not able to do it.

Often some of the clips are not stabilized and I have to press "analyze" again.

Even worse, sometimes the computer hangs because of the hard work because it tries to apply the "warp stabilizer" effect to all the clips at the same time.

I need to find a way to overcome this issue. The best thing would be if Premiere would apply the effect to the clips sequentially, but I don't know how to do it.

I hope you can suggest a new way to solve this problem, thanks.

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      Aaron Ncz
      Aaron Ncz
      Participating Frequently
      September 15, 2020

      I like premier pro, and I generally really appreciate the whole adobe creative cloud solution, but just saying that this is a joke. I'm not a programmer or anything, but I just don't believe you can't put a button something like "analyze and stabilize all clips" when you select the clips. This is especially a joke, because the video was stabilized a few days ago, and now i have to go through it clip by clip. If my understanding is correct, this is an industry standard professional video editing application that millions of people use. Hope u guys solve this problem soon.

        R Neil Haugen
        R Neil Haugen
        Legend
        September 15, 2020

        Warp has to re-analzye if you do about anything to the image ... so 'leaving' Warp on a clip and moving on is problematic to begin with. And given that Warp is by nature a massive computational sink, when you've got a bunch of clips as is noted in this thread ... if you are requiring it to re-analyze, well ... you're going to continually lock up that computer re-working the same dang clip.

         

        I would recommend what I know a number do ... apply Warp, then render & replace the clip with the 'corrected' version. Now use that in your project moving forward. This way you get one analyzation and have a stable clip to work with.

         

        Neil

        Everyone's mileage always varies ...
          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          November 12, 2019

          Dave ...

           

          I have trouble seeing a polite, realistic response as "rude". And yea, I've had to modify my own shooting "style" because of reality numerous times.

           

          Warp was built to be a last-ditch salvage operation. It rags the computer resources terribly. It is not the same as in-camera stablization just flipping a switch.

           

          So ... can you use it say for every clip of a 40 clip sequence? Of course. Feel free. But ... it will take a lot of time to apply, and the processing time will be LONG. That's your choice of course. Make any change to any of the clips, that clip needs re-analyzing. (Which is why it's better to Warp and then render/replace that clip immediately ... )

           

          Is stabilizing 40 clips on a sequence a practical or a best-choice option? I don't think it is either, as it does slow down the editing dramatically and introduces all sorts of potential issuers. There are other options out there.

           

          That's just the reality.

           

          Neil

          Everyone's mileage always varies ...
            Dexter Golden
            Dexter Golden
            Inspiring
            December 8, 2019

            Hey Guy

             

            I noticed in the 2020 verison of premier pro, I was able to put the warp stablize on all my clip BUT I didn't analyze until I was ready.

             

            Once I was ready to analyze them I click on each clip and clip on ANALYSE on each clip.

            When I came back a bit later they were all stablized per my specs. Granted some of them need to be modified but the process worked fine.

             

            I know that trying to get stable footage in the field is always a challenge. And the times you thought you had it and your find you get a shake clip is just sorta the nature of what we do.

            I hope this was helpful.

             

            David

              Mo Moolla
              Mo Moolla
              Legend
              November 11, 2018

              20 4K clips needs warp stabilizer? Wow thats a lot of work for even a high end machine to manage. And it will be tremendously time consuming even if you were using proxies. May I ask why so many clips need stabilizing? And what cam were they shot on?

              jovannig
              jovannigAuthor
              Known Participant
              November 11, 2018

              Sure...

              I usually shoot short travel clips (20-30 secs) with Nikon D850 without a tripod and all the clips need to be stabilized.

              That's why I have a lot of short clips to work with.

              My iMac needs about 2/3 minutes for every clip and I don't want to stabilize a clip, wait and then stabilize the other.

              What I need is a process that stabilizes all the clips sequentially, not all together.

              So I could run this process and just wait for it to finish. In the meantime, I could do other kinds of works and I won't lose precious time running each clip manually.

              Giovanni
              Mo Moolla
              Mo Moolla
              Legend
              November 11, 2018

              In my experience there is only one way to "batch stabilize" as I term it.

              Edit your sequence with all the clips that go into the edit.

              Nest the sequence and then apply the stabilizer to the nested sequence.

              The disadvantage to this is you will NOT be able to adjust stabilizer settings per clip as to will affect all clips in the nested sequence.

              How long it will take to analyze is anyones guess. Also please note that varying degrees of judder will need fine tuning and this method will not allow you to fine tune per clip unless you somehow managed to shake your camera in the same way for every shot lol.

              Best of luck and let me know how it goes

              Mo

                R Neil Haugen
                R Neil Haugen
                Legend
                November 10, 2018

                Every clip needs Warp?

                I would suggest modifying the shooting process, as a heavy lifterclike Warp is designed to fix problems not be the standard effect on every clip.

                That said, you're going to have to do this one at a time.

                Neil

                Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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                  daveblaircameraediting
                  Participant
                  November 12, 2019

                  Who are you to tell someone to modify their shooting style? So what if every clip needs a bit of stabilization? I put 2% on all of my handheld shots not shot with a lens with built in stabilization to smooth them out a bit. I don't ever post here, but this reply was just so rude I had to.

                    J
                    Jules Palmer
                    Participant
                    June 16, 2021

                    Hi Dave,

                     

                       I feel I found this to be a little of a head scratcher. But I feel like R Neil Haugen meant to suggest his method of resolving the issue, in him saying "I would suggest modifying the shooting process,". And thanks for the briliant idea of 2% over non in cam stabilization =P  June 2021 too ><  lol

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